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Gene Transfer Technology May Lead To HIV Vaccine
A research team may have broken the impasse that has frustrated HIV vaccine researchers by using an unconventional approach that bypasses the usual vaccine development path. Using gene transfer technology to produces molecules that block infection, the scientists protected monkeys from infection by a virus closely related to HIV -- the simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV. "We used a leapfrog strategy, bypassing the natural immune system response that was the target of previous HIV and SIV vaccine candidates," explains study leader Philip R. Johnson, MD, chief scientific officer at The Children"s Hospital of Philadelphia and professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania. Johnson and colleagues reported their work in Nature Medicine Most attempts at developing an HIV vaccine have used substances aimed at stimulating the body"s immune system to produce antibodies that would eliminate the virus before or after it infected cells. In clinical trials, however, these vaccines have not elicited protective immune responses, just as the body fails on its own to produce an effective response during natural HIV infection.
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Roche Diabetes Care Announces Unique Coaching Program For Diabetes Educators As Part Of Long-Term Commitment To Fight The Disease
Roche, the maker of ACCU-CHEK blood glucose monitoring systems and insulin pumps, announced today the latest component of its Behavior Change through Patient Engagement (sm) program. Creative Coaching is an advanced educational program that fights the growing epidemic of diabetes by improving dialogue between diabetes educators and their patients.
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Association of American Medical Colleges Supports Hospital Agreement On Health Care Reform

AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., issued the following statement on the agreement reached by the hospital community, the Obama administration, and the Senate Finance Committee in support of health care reform: "The AAMC strongly supports the agreement announced today and believes it moves our nation closer to achieving meaningful health care reform. U.S. teaching hospitals provide 71 percent of all hospital-based charity care and are often the only of specialized services in their communities. We greatly appreciate the thoughtful approach this agreement takes to guarantee that the safety net remains intact during the transition to a better system. This accord helps to fulfill two key principles that the AAMC established for health care reform last year, namely that all Americans should have health care coverage, and that existing safety net mechanisms be supported and preserved until new ones are in place. By voluntarily accepting reduced market increases in hospital payments over the next decade, hospitals will contribute $100 billion toward the funding needed to provide all Americans with health insurance. We also are pleased that this agreement takes appropriate steps to ensure that new coverage mechanisms are in place before any reductions are made to Disproportionate Share payments. Congress and the administration will need to continually evaluate the effects of coverage expansion before making any cuts that could jeopardize the safety net for the uninsured and underinsured. The nation"s teaching hospitals are working hard to help expand access to health care while maintaining an environment where clinical care, discovery, and the training of the next generation of health professionals can occur-and will continue to make sacrifices as long as patient care comes first. As the Obama administration and Congress move forward with health care legislation, the AAMC and its members stand ready to make the positive changes needed for successful reform." Association of American Medical Colleges


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